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Goemkarponn desk MADKAI: Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar announced the hot-mixing of all the roads coming under the jurisdiction of the Madkai constituency. Mentioning that the estimated cost of hot-mixing the road with the carpet of tar will come up to Rs 4.50 crore, Dhavlikar informed that the process of tendering for the same has already been completed. Furthermore, the Power Minister was also informed about Power Department’s plan to transform overhead power into underground cabling. He said the work of this project will commence this month (October 2022). “The roads of Adpai-Durbhat village will be hot-mixed initially as the pilot…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – After a prolonged gap of over four years, residents of remote Khotigao areas finally got mobile network coverage in the village. A private company successfully activated an existing mobile tower on the day of Gandhi Jayanti, bringing cheers to the eagerly awaiting villagers, mostly the young generation of the tribal community, to rejoin the rest of the world online. Khotigao village areas were remotely served by mobile connectivity of outstation mobile towers, whereas there was no connectivity to over 95% of the residents. Realising a good business opportunity, a private company erected a mobile in the…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Even as a series of accidents and mishaps mars the accident-prone Karmalghat section NH-66 and the government as of now has only sanctioned funds for acquiring land for the 4-Lane road, PWD(Highway) asked for Forest permission to widen a Sharp and treacherous Curve on Karmalghat section In a letter addressed to Dy. Conservator of Forests, PWD(Highway) asked for permission to work in the Forest Land to improve Sharp Curve on Karmalghat on NH-66 road. PWD (Highway) informed at Km 581/850(RHS) ‘in Karmalghat, there exists a very sharp Curve which requires urgent improvement from a road safety…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: The start of the week witnessed a rescue operation and a first aid emergency on the Calangute and Baga beaches Drishti Lifesavers were involved in a rescue operation after an unfortunate boat accident on Baga Beach. A family of nine from Sikkim hired a boat to embark on a short ride on the waters. During the journey, five women on a separate boat abruptly upturned 25 meters deep in the water. Drishti lifesavers stationed on the shore were alerted of the incident by concerned individuals. On hearing the information, the four lifesavers, Vinod, Dilkush, Vishal, and Atul,…

Goemkarponn Desk BAMBOLIM: Former St Cruz MLA Antonio Fernandes today has appealed the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to allocate kiosk spaces outside GMC to all those who lost their gaddas. “Though i am not the MLA but I will do whatever it takes to get these kiosk space get alloted to the people. I assure that their work would be done as promised by the Chief Minister,” said Fernandes He further said that those people should be allocated the kioks under the authority of the North Goa Collector. “Some people who had their gaddas on this site have called me…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: In view of a protest against IIT at Sanguem, South Goa Collector today imposed section 144 of CrPC prohibiting the assembly and gathering of five or more people within a perimeter of 200 meters from the demarcated site of the proposed IIT Goa campus at Sanguem. As per the order, section 144 prohibits the gathering of 5 or more people with a perimeter of 200 meters from the demarcated site falling in Survey number 21/1 of Cotarli village, Sanguem Taluka, for those who visit the site to disrupt or delay the process, survey and demarcation of the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today announced that his government is moving towards digitisation of the services of Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL). “We are slowly moving towards digitisation of Kadamba Corporation right from ticketing to other services. Govt wants to reduce pollution by getting in more electric buses,” said CM Sawant. He further said that in a bid to save the environment, the state government is bringing in more and more electric buses. “We are slowly replacing diesel buses with electric buses to save the environment,” he added. The Kadamba Transport Corporation Ltd (KTCL) launched its cashless,…